Shavuot 2017/5777
Schedule: Be In The Know
| Tuesday, May 30 | |
| Candle Lighting | 8:08pm |
| Mincha | 8:15pm |
| Dvar Torah by Zissy Turner | |
| Maariv | 9:10pm |
| Tikkun Leil Shavuot | 11:30pm |
| Wednesday, May 31 | |
| Neitz Shacharit | 5:16am |
| Main Minyan (People's Pulpit) | 9:00am |
| Tikkun Yom Shavuot with Rabbi Milevsky/Open Beit Midrash | 6:00pm |
| Class by Zissy Turner: Happy Wife, Happy Life? Wives in the Talmud | 7:05pm |
| Mincha | 8:10pm |
| Dvar Torah by Rabbi Milevsky | |
| Maariv | 9:00pm |
| Candlelighting | 9:09pm |
| Thursday, June 1 | |
| Hashkama Minyan (Drasha by Rabbi Milevsky) | 7:30am |
| Main Minyan (Drasha by Rabbi Milevsky) | 9:00am |
| Megillat Rut * Yizkor | |
| Open Beit Midrash | 6:00pm |
| Class by Rabbi Milevsky: Accepting the Torah at Gunpoint? | 7:05pm |
| Mincha | 8:10pm |
| Neilat HaChag with Rabbi Milevsky and Zissy Turner | |
| Havdalah | 9:12pm |
Tuesday Night, May 30, 2017 • Tikkun Leil Shavuot
The Tikkun Leil Shavuot is a beloved program at Kesher Israel. We have great speakers addressing interesting topics and food to keep you going all night long! End off a great night of learning with our "early early minyan" at 5:16 a.m. Each of the shiurim will be followed by a break for food.
11:30 p.m. Leon Wieseltier will speak on TBD
12:40 a.m. Alan Gersch will speak on Sex, Sects, Sinai, and the Second Day of Shavuot: When Was the Torah Really Given?
1:50 a.m. Rabbi Avidan Milevsky will speak on Parallelism and Other Hidden Features of the Ten Commandments
3:00 a.m. Zissy Turner will speak on Cleanliness is Next to Godliness - Kedushat HaPeh and Clean Speech
4:10 a.m. Andrew Jakabovics will speak on Beyond Malkhut Shel Chessed: Towards a Framework for Halakhah and the Non-Jewish Democratic State
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 - Tikkun Yom Shavuot for Children and Adults & Open Beit Midrash followed by a Class by Zissy Turner
On Wednesday, May 31 from 6:00-7:00pm Kesher kids are invited to join Rabbi Milevsky for a Tikkun Yom Shavuot "Mishnah and Nosh" program at 6pm. The Social Hall will also be open to all congregants for independent learning.
Then stay for a class by Congregational Intern Zissy Turner on Happy Wife, Happy Life? Wives in the Talmud. The class will start at 7:05pm.